Jail-door-locking mechanism



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J. T. WHITEHOUSE JAIL DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM Filed April 23, 1923' 18 Sheets-Sheet 18 Patented June 23, 1925.

JOHN '1'. WHITEHOUSE, OF CLEVELAND, WORKS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND n10, ASSIGNOR TO THE van DORN onxoya CORPORATION or OHIO.

JAIL-DOOR-LOCKING nacnamsn.

Application fllcd-Aprfl 23, 1923. Serial No. 633,963.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. W errrrr HOUSE, a citizen of the United States, re-

- siding at Cleveland. in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements m J ail- Door-Locking. Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements.

in locking mechanism for jail doors and the like. j I g The objects of this invention are to pro- V vide an improved means for indicating open or closed condition of a given door whereby it is impossible for a prisoner tob'lock the door against being closed, without indicating the continued open condition of the door; in other words," to providev an ndi. cating means which will continue to ind cate the door as being open until the door 18 actually and eflectivel "closed and locked.

' Another object of this vide an improved means for moving a single door or any, closed position. I

Another object consists in providing an improved means for supporting the door so as to permit adjustment of-the same with respect to the doorwayifand to rovide also means for preventing unauthorized tampering with the track and-roller by which the door is slidablv mounted.

A still further object of this invention is to provide means for lockin and removing the covers of the casing which encloses' the locking and controlling mechanism for the doors, whereby thenifchanism relating to one door may be exposed and the other door mechanisms protected against unauthorized access; furthermore to provide an interlocking connection between the covers for the track box and the pilaster in each case, so that the locking of one-of the track. box covers will' prevent removal of the pilaster cover.

Another object of this invention is to provide a convenient for the chainconncctions between the lovers and the lock mechanism for an increased number of doors, as for instance when twelve or thirty-four doors are used as illustrated in this case, this compact arrangement for the chains being located in the overhead at the top of the lock box.

render the invention is to pronumber of doors'to open or- 'enclosed within the and compact arrangement Still another object of this invention is to provide a convenient and efficient means of operating the gap nuts for an increased number of doors so as to facilitate the closing and opening operations of such a large numberof doors.

In general, the object of this invention is to improve the anism and locking means therefor so as to same secure against unofiicial tampering:

In the drawings,

1 shows in elevation the locking and controlling mechanism entire door operating mech of my present invention with the doors in locked position F ig..2 is a similar view of one door showing the same in unlocked position with the control. lever in fully lowered position; Fig. 3 shows the same as Fig. 2

except that the control horizontal position; Fig. 4 is a detail view of the ad ustable gap nut on the pull bar;

Fig. 5 shows in elevation the means for locking the covers-of the track box above the doors; Fig. 6 is a sectional viewtaken on line 66 of Fig. 5 Fig. 7 is a detail end elevation of one of the covers of the track box: Fig. S'is a sectional detail view taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 5; Fig. 9 is ,a detail view in elevation of the locking member for engaging the cover of thetrack box; Fig. ll) shows in detail plan view the mechanism tripper shows in rear elevation the same mechanism; Fig. 12 is a view like Fig. 10 but with lever is returned to case; Fig. 11

the parts in position corresponding to open.

positionof the door; Fig. 13 is a vertical detail'sectional view 'of a. part of the tripper case: Fig. i4 is a detail view in elevation" of the hanger member which supports the door in the tra'ck box;

Figs. 15 to 19 are detail views of the adjustable connection be,-

tween the top of the door and the hanger member therefor, permitting adjustment of the door with respect to the doorway; Fig.

. 20'is a front elevation of the lock-in unlocked condition. the cover of the lock'casing being removed; Figs. 21 and 22 are detail invertedplan views ofthe lower ends of the operating rods 0r shafts which con nect with the shafts of the lock bolt and shield in the lock case; Fig. 23 is a top plan view of the lock case; Fig. 24 is a sectional view taken on line 2424 of F i 20; F igs. 25, 26 and 27 are detail views snowraised position;

the position of the door after being sectional detail view on the line 28-28 of Fig. 20' and corresponds to the unlocked position; Fig. 29 is a similar view of the same in locked position; Fig. 30 is a detail plan view of'the door staple; Fig. 31 isa viewof the same in elevation; Fig. 32is a sectional view of the lock bolt; Fig. 33 is an elevation of the same; Fig. 34 is an end view of the same; Fig. 35 is an elevation of the actuating pawl for the lock bolt; Fig. 36-is an elevation of the shows in front elevation the arrangement of taken on lines 41-41,

' box; Fig. 47 is an 55-55, of Fig. 48.

- the op e mechanism shown in rating levels, ete., inside of the lock box; ig. 38 shows in elevation the arrangement of the brackets, rollers and chains for a series of-twelve .doors, this mechanism being located in the overhead space at the top of the lock box; Fig. 39 shows in'plan view the same mechanism as shown in Fig. 38; Fig. 40 is a detail view taken on lineAO-AO. Fig. 39; Fig's41, 42 and 43 are detail views 424.2, and 43-43 of'Fig. 38; Fig. 44 is an inverted plan view of the chain guide box upon which the roller brackets are mounted; Fig. 45 is taken on line 45-45 of Fig. 39.; Fig. 46 shows in elevation the arrangement of the chains, rollers etc. for operation of a series of'thirty- 'four doors, this mechanism being located in theoverhcad space at the top of the lock inverted plan view of the chain guide box of Fig. 46 and shows the manner of mounting the roller brackets on the bottom thereof; Fig. 48 shows in lan view the same mechanism as shown in 1g.

detail view of the improved 46; Fig. 49 is a gap nuts when a means for operating the large number of doors are used; Fig. {=0 is a. detail view of the stop means provided for the rack bar which forms part of the Fig. 49; Figs. 51, 52, 53.and 54 are detail views taken on lines 51- -51, 5252, 5353 and 54-54 of Fig. 46; and Fig. 55 is a 'view taken on line The present improved mechanism may be employed in connection with any number of doors which open into a corridor in front of.the-cells and which corridor is partitioned oil by means of a grating .from the wardens room at the end of the row of cells. The door Ol: gate. which leads from the wardeiis rooiii to the prisoners corridor is the several positions of the lost motion shield; Fig. 37

' formed rollers locked by mt... of the bolt indicated by reference numeral 1 and controlled by means of the lever 2, the wardens room bein inand within which are provided the levers for controlling'the locking mechanism. The

partition 3" separates the upper part of the lock box from the lower part and thereis provided an inner compartment 3 through which the ends of the levers extend. A door 3 is also provided-jor the lock box. the present case,- oh y two doors are shown and are indicated by'gre'ferenoe numeral 4. Extending from thwto'p of the lock box-3 and along the to there is provide the track box 6 within which is enclosed part of thecontrol mechanism and within which the doors are susvpended for rolling movement. Upon the ack wall of the-track box 6 there is vided the angle iron with a gi oove for doors.

8 which are carried by the These rollers aremounted upon the of'the row of cell doors,

if providing a' tree .7 the correspondingly plates 9 which are secured to theeast hangerij members in the bottom -of the .track box :a'n'd'are'l pro. vided with adjustable:

10. The hanger members have portions-11 extending throughthe-slot-12 supporting connec tions for the doors, as will belaterdescribed.

As a means of preventingunauthorized tampering with i just referred to, that rovided .an angular strip iven the substantially S shape asindicated the dooi' suspending means is to preventinsertion of tools and theliice up throughthe slot 12 Iha've 18 which is suitably js'ecured w thin-the sufficiently rearwardioo in Fig. 6 so as to extend around and below the angle members 13 for connection with the doors.

The particular manner of connecting the top of each door to fully illustrated in Figs. 15 to19 and comprises the screw bolts 14 which extend through the top of the door as well as through the clampingmembers 15 and have screw-threadedengagement with the lower portions 11 of the hanger members. The clam )ing members 15, two of which are provided for each door, are provided with suitable ears 16 to which are secured by means of countersunk headed pins 17 the cover members 18 which are of channel shape, those clamping members lying between the depending flanges at the topoi each door.

As will be seen from the drawings, each of thetwo depending/portions 11 is provided with such suspending connection so that they may be properly adjusted to correct its hanger member is 

